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'Detroit Free Press' changed its online font and we don't know how to feel about it

Part of what makes the Detroit Free Press so iconic is the old English font that adorns the masthead in the print and online publication. For some, the giant "F" is easily as recognizable as the old English "D" that represents the Detroit Tigers.

That's why we were shocked when we saw Crain's journalist Chad Livengood tweet out a screenshot of a new, "Gannet-ized" font at the top of freep.com.